Sydney’s eastern shoreline once presented a chain of mansions, toll roads, bayside villages and harbour defences stretching from Potts Point and Double Bay out to Watsons Bay and South Head. Nineteenth-century photographers recorded these streets, foreshores and civic buildings as the city’s eastern suburbs took shape. This post gathers historic views along that New South Wales eastern coastline.
Bomerah, Grantham and other Potts Point mansions from Lady Macquarie’s Road — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Clipper ship Kingsbridge at Campbell’s Wharf, Sydney Harbour — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Cranbrook and lodge at the corner of Victoria Road and Bellevue Hill — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute, Sydney — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Double Bay foreshore and settlement, New South Wales — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Edgecliff Preparatory School for Boys — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Gun emplacement overlooking Camp Cove and Watsons Bay — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Hotel and houses at Watsons Bay — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Houses at Watsons Bay, looking along the settlement — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Longboat and boatshed at Watsons Bay — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Mansions Fairlight and Fernbank, Point Piper — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Foreshore mansions Heathfield, Ewenton and Shannon Grove — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Mansions on Ocean and Greenoakes Avenue, Edgecliff — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Spectators watching horse-drawn omnibuses at Randwick Racecourse — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
New South Head Road through Double Bay — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Ocean Street North (later Ocean Avenue), Double Bay — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Residence possibly Colebrook, corner of New South Head Road and Bellevue Hill Road — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Rowing boats and boatsheds near the La Perouse monument — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Slab hut on Village Point — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
St John’s Church of England, Glebe — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Toll road at Bayswater and New South Head Road — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Toll road on New South Head Road, looking west toward Darlinghurst — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Watsons Bay from Old South Head Road — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Clipper ship and Mort’s Building at Circular Quay — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.
Looking along Alison Road toward Randwick Racecourse — historic eastern-Sydney / harbour coastline view.